Talking to Children about Trauma

A Guide for Parents and Teachers

Below are links to practical documents from A Practical Guide for Crisis Response in Our Schools: Sixth Edition and Comprehensive Acute Traumatic Stress Management, both publications of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress.

The mission of the Center and the Academy has always been to assist professionals and victims in addressing the emergent psychological needs of victims before, during and in the aftermath of a crisis situation. The Center's and the Academy's Professional Directory is available to find individuals to assist in meeting the needs of those effected by this incident by going to: